Baseball Falls in Game Two Against St. John's

Saturday, April 27

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:00 PM

Xavier University

22-21, 0

St. John's

26-11-1, 0

St. John's

Xavier

Baseball Falls in Game Two Against St. John's

04.27.24 | Baseball

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Connor Misch, Carter Hendrickson homer in 9-3 loss

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier baseball fell, 9-3, in game two with the Red Storm on Saturday afternoon to even the series at 1-1. Xavier moved to 22-21 overall with a 6-5 record in BIG EAST play.

Xavier took a 1-0 lead in the first inning with an RBI single from Matt McCormick driving in Aedan Anderson, who got on with a walk.

The Musketeers' one-run lead held into the fourth, where the Red Storm scored a pair to move in front 2-1.

St. John's led into the bottom of the sixth where Connor Misch led off with a solo home run, his fourth home run of the season, to tie up at 2-2. In the next half inning, SJU scored six runs to take an 8-2 lead.

Carter Hendrickson's third home run of the season came in the eighth inning, a solo shot to left, to make it 8-3, but the Red Storm got the run back in the next half inning to set the final score at 9-3.

The series finale with the Red Storm is set for Sunday, April 28 with a 12:00 p.m. first pitch at Hayden Field.

AT THE PLATE

Carter Hendrickson went 3-of-4 at the plate, finishing with an RBI and a run scored after hitting his third home run of the season.
Connor Misch (1-4) finished with an RBI and run scored on his sixth-inning home, his third of the season.
Matt McCormick (1-4) drove in an RBI in the first inning with a single.
Aedan Anderson got on with a walk in the first, coming around to score a run.
Jared Cushing and Luke Hammond each finished with a hit and Jake Lambdin got aboard with a walk.

ON THE MOUND

Logan Schmidt made the start, going 4.1 innings with two runs allowed, both unearned, on two hits, finishing with one strikeout to one walk.
Nick Boyle entered with one on and one out in the fifth, getting the Musketeers out of the inning with a strikeout and a ground out. Boyle went 2.0 innings, allowing four runs, all unearned, not giving up a hit and finishing with four strikeouts to four walks.
Connor Bailey entered with one on and one out in the seventh, going 2.0 innings, allowing three runs, two unearned on four hits and a walk.
Ashton Chronister came in with one on and one out in the ninth, going the final 0.2 innings with out allowing a run, giving up one hit.

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